1. One backdrop to Texas A&M president Elsa Murano’s resignation is an emphasis among Perry friends and associates in commercializing research, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Perry, an A&M alum, is said to exert influence in other ways. This increasingly upsets the faculty members “by what they perceive as a command-and-control management style” by the Perry-picked chancellor and Board of Regents.

2. The state Insurance Commissioner, Perry appointee Mike Geeslin, will decide how much State Farm Insurance owes — if anything — as part of overcharging complaints on homeowner policies. The options: The state consumer advocate’s office says $785 million plus interest; the Texas Department of Insurance says $250 million plus interest; and State Farm says zip.